Will Wipeout HD be at Leipzig Games Con?

[eLhabib]

Alright folks, just got back to the hotel from the first day of GC. Now get yourself a glass of water, sit down comfortably and read the news: wipEout HD is at GC, and it’s fully playable. I spent about an hour with a tired Tony Buckley (poor lad had to spend the night on the airport in Frankfurt), and he showed me pretty much everything there is to see and know (I will upload the whole video interview soon-ish). I don’t have much time now, so I’ll just hit you with the hard facts.

Alternative HUDs are in, we get a 2097 and a w3o HUD to unlock in campaign. These are pretty much exactly the HUDs from the respective games, so it’s pure nostalgia here.

The reverse tracks we heard about before are indeed reverse versions of the 8 already confirmed tracks. Chenghou with magstrips looks weird at first, but it definitely works.

All ships from Pulse are back, each with 3 fantastic skins and 1 special platinum skin. To see Icaras in HD was pure wipEout porn, Icaras fans are gonna collapse when they see this.

There is NO option to disable BRs, however Tony assured me that they are guaranteed to work every time now, and also they seem to bite a bigger chunk of out of your ship’s energy, so who knows, maybe they’re not as bad as in Pulse.

Be it due to epilepsy tests or whatever, Zone Mode has been slightly nerfed. Fear not, speed and gameplay are intact, the only thing that’s forever gone are the EQ graphics on all the billboards (they’re still on the track itself though). So, meh, but it doesn’t really matter in the end I guess.

Back to the good news: Split screen works perfectly, you can choose which way you want to split, and it runs at a steady 30fps. Yes, ‘only’ 30, but dead solid. The rest of the game is in full 60fps 1080p glory, of course, and the screen tearing from the preview version has been completely ironed out. This really IS the smoothest game I have ever seen.

Oh yeah, almost forgot: the game will basically have the full functionality of the wipeout-game website’s record tables included and working live, so you always have the world record time displayed to hunt down!

Uhm, what else…
Photo mode has some nice added filters and options, there will be NO replays unfortunately, Sol 2 is a charm to look at in HD, and Tony Buckley is all ways of awesome He couldn’t say anything about the price point of HD, and he only just hinted at a September release (but I guess that’s pretty much on the spot – wipEout IS a September game after all ). He also hinted at the possibility of HD being released on BluRay at a later date, IF there is enough demand. Also, there is no additional downloadable content planned right now, since all of the originally planned DLC is now in the game right from the get-go. They will, however be supporting the game (whatever that means), and IF there’s enough demand, there might be DLC later on.

Okay guys, now I gotta take a shower and get some sleep, gotta be at the top of my game tomorrow – Tony invited me to an 8 player linked game, and I gotta perform
Read you later everybody!

[Jambo]

Hey all, haven't been on this for 3 years but:

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/

Has a video showing new HD trailer including horizontal and vertical split screen!

Hmm as I was posting this the other post appeared! ^^^

On another note am glad I remembered about this site, Wipeout has always been one of my gaming staples, even though I was never brilliant.

Am really looking forward to getting online with it.
I did have pure and pulse but had to get rid of my psp, but I may be in line for a PSP3000

[Colin Berry]

I believe the trailer is ehaded to psn store tomorrow.. I think

[Frances_Penfold]

Fan-****ing-tastic news all around-- thanks much for the updates

Edit-- curious news about the non-commitment to future DLC, and the statement that all stuff originally intended as DLC is now put into the game. I guess that the business model in Wipeout Pulse was not much liked?

As excited as I am about Wipeout HD, it would seem that the economics of creating HD content are rearing their heads-- much fewer tracks here than in the PSP titles. Is it safe to say that generation of content (tracks) is much more expensive for a full 1080p HD experience?

[zerojay]

Originally Posted by Frances_Penfold

Edit-- curious news about the non-commitment to future DLC, and the statement that all stuff originally intended as DLC is now put into the game. I guess that the business model in Wipeout Pulse was not much liked?

Probably more like "we have the extra time now to put it in, so why not?"

[Nadia Elenova]

Who knows, but having a look at the content for other games, I wouldn't worry so much, I'm sure it will be affordable. Is there any news about the release date?

[Wip3ou7]

Ok so theres no equalizers on the walls, but still on the track surfaces? Does the track's color scheme still change every 5 zones?

[rushin]

thanks for the info eLhabib!

Now promise me tomorrow you go back and torture someone with plastic coffee stirrers until they tell you the release date

[xEik]

Originally Posted by eLhabib

He also hinted at the possibility of HD being released on BluRay at a later date, IF there is enough demand.

If there is a BR release my purchase is 100% guaranteed. I'm still undecided whether I will buy it if it is a PSN only release.

[meanalf]

fan-bloody-tastic, really pumped for this now......but need in game voice badly so i can rinse my mates as i rocket past them, has anything been mentioned regarding this or not ????